Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1887-07-05
VIRGINIA NEWS.

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Mr.. A. G. Male died in Richmond on
Saturday.
Company C, of the Forty ninth Virginia
Infantry, had reunion Mt Warrenton yes
terday.
Isaiah Hastings, colored janitor of the
second police station, fell dead in Richmond
yesterday.
Gen. Lander Post, No. 5. G.. A. R., of
Lynn, Mass, reached Richmond last night
and were warmly welcomed.
In Richmond on Saturday the sale of the
Gaiego Mills was confirmed and Mr.. Todd
took possession of the property.
The Virginia Farmers Assembly met at
Charlottesville yesterday and discussed plans
for a compact organization with view to
enectiug legislation in the interest Of farm
ers.
A requisition was issued on Saturday by
Governor Lee for Lambert B. Nixon, who
is wanted in Loudoun county for breach OF
promise and seduction. Nixon is under
arrest ia New Jersey.
Samuel r. Sterling, the defauling treas
urer of Rockingham county, is lying at the
poiut'of death at his home in Harrisonburg
II is thought he cannot possibly live many
days. His life is insured for about $4,000
or $4,000.
Col. Charles e. Light foot, for many years
commsndant Of Bethel Military Academy,
near Warrenton, and brave officer during
the late war. died very suddenly Sunday
morning of apoplexy, while on visit to his
mother, in Culpeper.
The democrats of Albemare have organi-
zed for the fall compaign by selecting Cap.
tain Macajah Woods, chairman, and choos-
ing new county committee. The repub-
Leans have elected Captain Lawson chair
man, defeating the Early party decisively.
Judge Bond has fixed the 2Sth of July as
the time for hearing the motion of Mr.. w.
j.. Royal for an Injunction to prevent the
State authorities from bringing suits under
the coupon crusher" act against parties
who have rendered coupons in payment of
taxes. Attorney General Ayers will at the
same time move the Judge to dissolve the
existing restraining order.
Seventeen coupon trespass cases where
county treasurers had levied for taxes after
coupons had been rendered, and had been
sued for trespass) were settled in the United
States District Court, Judge R. W. Hughes
presiding, at Richmond Saturday. Actual
damages, amounting to about 81 900 in all
the. cases, were awarded to the plaintiffs.
These suits were not tried but compromised
upon the same basis of similar suits, hereto
fore tried
The races ut the Fauquier Fair Ground As
ISOLATION yesterday were attended by large
concourse. First race, half-mile dash-St
John first. Semvlle second time SO! seconds
Second race, three quarters of mile heats
-Rosette first. Third race, onemile heat
First heat Rosette first, st John second, Brook
hill .third--time l:5Ol second heat, Rosette
first Brookhill second, st. John third, time
1:54. Fourth race, two miles steeplechase
Venus FIRST. Worster second, Sherred third,
Lost Cause fourth.
One day last week little son of Simeon
Long, living near Bridgewater, went into
the pantry, and finding on o shelf Just
above the flour.barre small box filed
with what he supposed to be -four, enptied
the contents into the barrel in order to take
possession of the box. The box contained
arsenic, and about seventeen persons who
ate bread from the flour were poisoned.
None of them have died, fortunately; but
the mother of boy, Mrs. Long, was very ill
at last accounts. Most of the persons
poisoned were harvest hands.